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The next Chicago Food Swap will take place on May 12 at The Scrumptious Pantry in Logan Square. Registration is now open. As always, to find out more about the Chicago Food Swap, check out our website or join the conversation on our Facebook page.

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How to Use Leftover Bread

Bruschetta is a sublime use for stale bread, especially when the tomatoes are glorious.

On Saturday, as usual, I went to the Oak Park Farmers Market bright and early. I like to be there before it gets crowded and the organic farm runs out of eggs. I knew that we were planning to eat [...]

Healthy Eating with OXO: The Composed Salad

A weeknight composed salad. It’s a great vehicle for leftovers of all kinds.

The high in Chicago tomorrow is supposed to be 95 degrees. Too hot to cook. Too hot to eat hot food. To wit, all I had for dinner tonight was gazpacho and a cold orzo salad left over from Sunday’s night [...]

Cooking Without a Recipe: Tomato Sauce

Italian sausage and peppers in a rich tomato sauce

As someone who teaches canning lessons, I often get asked about canning tomatoes. My answer is usually that I don’t recommend it. The exception to my rule is if you grow your own tomatoes. If you grow tomatoes in your garden and have a surfeit [...]

Cooking Without a Recipe: The Big Salad

When I don’t spend the afternoon chauffeuring my kids between multiple activities and when my husband is not out of town, I really enjoy cooking a nice dinner. Just this week, I made penne pasta soup with vodka, tomatoes and cream and a white turkey chili with tomatillos. Unfortunately, the magical combination of events [...]

Cooking without a Recipe: Brisket

Slices of brisket in a rich gravy

This past week marked the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah. Last year at this time, I wrote a post about enjoying Rosh Hashanah dinner with my friend and fellow blogger Vanessa AKA Chef Druck and I shared my recipe for sweet carrot tzimmes — the vegetables cut [...]